Theme: New seven management & planning tools are a set of tools and techniques used for planning and managing various operations effectively.

Affinity Diagram

Interrelationship Diagram

Tree Diagram.

Prioritisation Matrix.

Matrix Diagram or quality table.

Process Decision Program Chart (PDPC)

Activity Network Diagram

The main purpose of these tools is to guide the managers in planning, analysis and decision making. These tools were invented separately by different people for various purposes, but were organised and clubbed together during the course of time to achieve efficient planning and management of operations

Benefits of using the Seven Management Tools:

Use of these well-defined and proven methods will help the user complete the task faster and easily.